Sleet, freezing rain advisory expires

A winter weather advisory has expired for the Chicago area, but rain is expected to continue into the evening as people head out for the Thanksgiving holiday.

The advisory warning of sleet and freezing rain was issued for Will, Grundy, Kendall, Kankakee, LaSalle, Livingston, Iroquois, Ford, Newton, Jasper and Benton counties in Illinois and Lake and Porter counties in Indiana. It expired at 3 p.m.

Still, the weather was making for slow going for those coming into the city from O'Hare International Airport via the Kennedy Expressway this afternoon. As of about 3:45 p.m., the travel time from O'Hare to downtown was almost two hours--109 minutes, or 93 minutes longer than when traffic is clear, according to Traffic.com.

As of 3:30 p.m., mostly rain was falling throughout the Chicago area, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Andrew Krein. No major problems were being reported.

Thanksgiving Day will begin with rain and sleet, possibly turning to snow later in the day, according to WGN TV meteorologist Tom Skilling.